Platform Engineer

The Timberline Group•Maryland Heights, MO

103d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Engineer on the INFOPS Application Development team, you will play a key role in designing, building, and operating the platforms that support the internal application development organization. This position blends hands-on technical execution with platform ownership, automation, and close collaboration with application and partner engineering teams.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in software engineering or platform engineering
Comfort working alongside AI-powered tools while maintaining strong engineering judgment, validation, and accountability for outcomes.
Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including deploying, operating, and troubleshooting production workloads.
Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, configuring, and maintaining Kubernetes-based platforms across development, test, and production environments.
Experience administering or enabling at least one enterprise platform or shared service such as: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, Apache Solr
Demonstrated experience with service mesh architectures, traffic management, or load balancing in Kubernetes environments.
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automation workflows using tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Codefresh, APIs, and GitOps-based approaches.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code, configuration-as-code, and automation practices (e.g., Helm, Ansible, Terraform, YAML-based pipelines).
Strong Linux skills with demonstrated knowledge of operating system concepts and administration.
Experience with monitoring and observability solutions.
Comfort scripting or coding in languages such as Shell, Python, or Node.js.
Proven problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
A self-starter mindset with strong ownership, organization, and a passion for learning new technologies.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Red Hat OpenShift is strongly preferred.
Experience with Prometheus and Grafana is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain a hybrid platform environment, integrating on-premises infrastructure with cloud services.
Own and evolve the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, including configuration and lifecycle management across development, testing, and production environments.
Design, write, and maintain GitOps-driven CI/CD pipelines that automate application delivery to Kubernetes platforms.
Deploy and operate distributed applications using Helm charts, develop and maintain Kubernetes operators where appropriate, and continuously improve delivery workflows through automation and standardization.
Own and operate shared platforms that applications depend on, such as MongoDB, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Apache Solr, and similar services, including lifecycle management, monitoring, troubleshooting, and ensuring platform reliability and availability.
Build and maintain automation, self-service workflows, and platform capabilities that reduce manual effort and remove common bottlenecks.
Work closely with internal customers to understand requirements and engineer scalable, repeatable solutions aligned to business needs.
Collaborate with partner engineering teams across WWT to align standards and drive efficiencies.
Provide technical leadership through design collaboration, mentoring, and cross-training.
Monitor platform performance and availability, proactively identify and remediate issues, troubleshoot complex incidents, and participate in an on-call rotation and scheduled maintenance windows.
Actively participate in agile practices, including daily stand-ups, planning sessions, retrospectives, and ideation workshops, while contributing to continuous improvement across the team.